Wire-fence-weaving machine.



G. A. RAYMOND- WIRE FENCE WEAVING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED A Pn-1o, 1913.

Patented DSC. 1, 1914.

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WIRE FENCE WEAVING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APB.. 1o. 191s.

Patented Deo. 1, 1914.

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G. A. RAYMOND.

WIRE FENCE WEAVING MACHNE.

APPLICATION FILED A111110, 1913.

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THE MORRIS PETERS C0.. PHOTO-LITHG., WASHINGrON. D. C.

G. A. RAYMOND.

WIRE FENCE WEAVING MACHINE. APPLICATION PILBD APR.10. 191s.

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO., FHOTU-LITHO.. WASHINGTON. D, C.

` G. A. RAYMUND.

WIRE FENCE WBAVING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APB.. 10. 1913.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

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G. A, RAYMOND. WIRE FENCE WEAVING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APP-.10. 1913.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

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Gnonen A. RAYMOND, or WAUKEGAN. rnnrivois.v

WIRE-FENCE-NEAVING MACHINE.

Specicaton of vIljetters Patent.

Patented'De'c. 1, 1914.

Application filed April 10, 1913. 4 Serial No. 760,265'.

forms the specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in machines for weaving fence wherein the strands comprise a series of two wires twisted together to forni a cable and fiuted or crimped cross bars or stays distributed between the strands at predetermined intervals during the process of weaving, to give the fence stability and keep the cables in spaced parallel arrangement, the twisting of the cables beingreversed between cach set of cross bars. j y

The invention has, among other objects, to construct a machine of its class, whereby the fencing cables may be spaced atvarious widths to kaccommodate the requirements of the weaver; whereby the cross stays may be v regulated in length to accommodate either wide or narrow fencing; whereby the crimping of the cross stays may be varied; whereby the cross stays may be varied in their spacing; whereby the cross-stays may be rmly seated between the strands of the cables; whereby the fencing reel or spool will afford better facility for removing the fencing; and whereby the machine will be comparatively simple in construction, automatic and positive in action, economical in upkeep, and convenient to adjust and regulate. The invention, stated generally, consists in improvements in the construction of the various elements, and in the combination of devices by which the machine is adapted to accomplish the results hereinbefore enumerated and hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the drawings' forming a part of this specification, Figure l is an end elevation embodying my invention, and shows the op-V erative mechanism in the position it occupies antecedent to thrusting a cross bar or stay between the fencing strands, the intermittently-acting cable twisting gear being idle in this position. Fig. 2 is a plan view in a like position with the crimping and takeup rolls partially broken away to show the cable twisting apparatus more clearly. Fig. j

8 isan'enlarged side elevation in a like position looking'into the machine, and taken on a section along thel line xof Fig. 2,. Fig. l is a like elevation -with the operative parts 1n changed positions. Fig. 5 is a detail side view of the cross-stay crimping mechanism. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 7 is a detail section of a cable twister and cross stay guard infnormal position but partially broken away; Fig. 8 is a plan view of the same. Fig; 9 is a detail perspective view of the twister gear. Fig. 10 is a detail view, partially in section, of the measuring reel and take-up antrbacklash ratchet and shaft, and a ratchet for operating the same. Fig. 1l is a side elevation of the same with a portion of the operating ratchet broken away. Fig. 12 is a detail side elevation of the antbacklash ratchet with its end removed, the arrow indicating the operative movement of the same. Fig. 13 is a detail section of the fencingrreel operating mechanism .and its bearing at the operating end. Fig. .le is a detail side elevation of the bearing.

Like marks of reference refer to corresponding parts throughout the different views, in which-' j A and B represent the side frames, C the cross frame, kD a drive belt pulley, E, F and G a series'of reducing gears, H the main driving gear.

Mounted within suitable bearings upon the cross frame C are two transverse shafts l and 2, the former being fitted at one end with the drive gear H andat the opposite end with a gear 3 provided with teeth about one-half of its circumference, the other with a correspondingly-sized intermeshing intermittent gearv 5 arranged to operate one revolutionv to. the driving gear twice; the gear 3 being made in any customary or convenient manner to obtain the desired result. Forward of and above these gears, and journaled within suitablebearings on the frame ends, the measuring and crimping rolls I and J` are fitted, the same being driven in unison by the gears 6 and 7 and that the roll I maybe adjusted to and from the roll J to vary the crimp of the fence asthe occasion may require, its bearings 8 are slidably adjustable on the frame ends, said adjustment being-arranged in any customary and convenient manner. Below and at the side of the machine oppcsitethe gears 3 and 5 the fence reel or spool K is journaled. This reel 6ov y at the free end of its shaft is journaled in a loosely fitting open sided box, (not shown), in the frame A and is retained by a vertical pin 9 and near its opposite or driven end is journaled in a gimbal bearing 10 for the purpose of affording quick and easy access to swing the free end of the reel from the open sided box to release the fencing from the reel without molesting its driving chain,

The dotted lines in Fig. 2 represent the reel swung clear of the machine at its free end to aiford easy access to the reel, as aforesaid.

The shaft 11y of the reel `K, is directly driven from the shaft 11 and the roll J through the medium of a sprocket chain 12 trained over sprocket gears 13 and 111- of the respective shafts, and the measuring and crimping roll is actuated by a ratchetand pawl 1l and 15 respectively operative at the end of its shaft, as shown, the pawl lever 1G in turn being reciprocated by a connecting rod 17 engaging with a swaybar or lever 18 pivoted at the inner end 19 to the frame end A near the bottom thereof, the bar, near its engagement with the connecting rod extending from the machine through an aperture, (not shown), in the endB thereof.

Inasmuch as the fence reel K and the measuring and crimping roll J are actuated simultaneously and their shafts at the same speed, it is obvious that the fencing would increase in bulk as it became wound on the reel, and a variation in speed of the roll and reel would naturally result. To accommodate this variation the sprocket 13 of the reel is permitted to slip on its shaft, and to provide for this variation `the sprocket is formed with a smooth central portion and fitted between friction surfaces such as in,

durated fiber, leather or equivalent disks 20, and these in turn fitted between clamping disks 21 and 22, the latter being firmly attached to the shaft and the former being held in position by means of a nut 23 run on the threaded end of the shaft and adjusted thereby to suit the demand required. That the crimping and measuring roll J may be regulated to accommodate the taking up of fence being woven, such as variations arising in the 'spacing of cross stays, the ratchet lever 16 is provided with spaced apertures 16 by which the connecting rod 17 may be adjusted in its attachment, adjusting the connections toward the ratchet increasing the throw of the roll, and adjusting the connections outward from the ratchet diminishing the throw of the roll. That the measuring roll shall not react from the strain of fencing drawn up through the twisters, (the latter of which will be hereinafter more fullyy described), a roller ratchet 2l is fitted to the shaft of the same and held in place by a pin 25 passing through the parts. The inclination of the peripheral pockets 2G of this ratchet is such that the rollers 27 carried therein willengage the outer cage 28, which is rigidly attached to the framepB, and permit the measuring roll to draw up on the fence, (a direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 12), but prevent its recoil or backlash.

ver the open end of said cage to retain said rollers, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 10.

Crossing the machine from end to end and transverse of the gears 3 and 5 is a rock shaft 30 and a rigidly fitted round bar 30, the former being fitted above and somewhat back of the latter.

Upon the bar 30, the

A cover 28 is fitted cross bar or stay wire cutter bracket 31 and wire twister brackets 32 are adjustably fitted, and on the rock shaft 30 the cross bar guide holders 33 are adjustably fitted,`

both the brackets and holders being secured by set screws 3l. rlhe wire twisting or cable forming mechanism comprises a reduced central portion and oppositely-disposed bearing portions 36, the lower portion adjoining a gear 3T diametrically larger than said bearing and having a hub with an eularged terminal rim 38 provided with oppositely-disposed grooves 3S), the opposite end of the mechanism terminating in an elongated reduced hub 40, wire-conducting holes 41 alined with the grooves in said rim and opening through both the gear and the bearings aforesaid. The b 1ackets 32 are bored to receive the bearings 36 of the wire twisters which are received in a vertical position with the gear underneath, as shown, and to secure the twisters within the respective brackets, thimbles 12 are fitted over the reduced upper terminals of the same and fastened by means of a pin Li3 passing through the parts, a spacing and friction ring -1-1- being fitted between each thimble and its bracket. The thimbles at their free ends are bored in alinement with the wire apertures in their respective twisters, and to prevent undue wear may be hardened as expedient.

Crossing the frame from end to end and received by forwardly-depending portions li5 of the twister brackets, the twister-actuating rack 46 .is held in engagement with the gears of the respective twisters. lThe free end of this rack passes through an aperture in the frame A and its opposite end is fitted to a cross head et? working in ways 18, the latter of which are received at the outer ends by a bracket 4.9 and attached to the frame end B near their inner ends, said frame being open to permit the ways to come partially within the frame ends. amctrically adjustable in the crank 5G of the intern'iittent gear 5, a crank pin 51 is fitted. rlhis pin receives a pitman 52 which leads to, and is pivotally attached to, the

cross head 17 by a pin 53 through which re' Afrom the wheel 3 by means of a pitman 54 pivoted to the bar by pin 55,' and the connection of the pitman with the wheel is made fronia crankI pin 56 located on the toothed side of the wheel intermediate of the teeth and betweentheteeth and hub thereof, as shown.

Journaled in the base of the machine and near the end B is arock shaft 57. carrying two upwaidly-disposed diverging arms or levers 58 and 59, the lever 58 diverging toward the connection of the'pitman 54 with the sway-bar'lS.v This lever is connected with the sway-bar and pitman 54 by a short pitman 60 j ournale'd at one endv to the pin 155 andgatitsf opposite end to said leverby .its free end is provided with a slot 64. T his lever is connected with a crimping wheel rack by a pitman 66 attached to said rack by a pin 67 from a depending portion thereof, and to said lever by a pin .68 through the slot 64, as shown in Figs. l, 3 and 4. The object in makingthe arm 59 extensibly adjustable is for the purpose -of increasing or diminishing the throw of-the ,pitman that actuates the crimping wheel rack toivary the rotation of the crimping wheels, (hereinafter more fully set forth), and thus shorten or lengthen the cross-bars or stays in accordance with the width of fencing to be built.l

` The crimping wheel rack 65 lies parallel with the twister rack 46 and, as shown, is arranged to slide in bearings throughy the ends A and B, although any suitabljT devised bearings could be arranged within the machine for this purpose.

machine, a bracket 69is tted between the twister rack 46 and the crimping wheel rack 65. Hthin the lower end of this bracket one end of the geared crimping wheel shaft T0 is journaled, its opposite end being journaled in a bracket 71 of the frame end A, as shown in Fig. 2, and between these brackets the rack 65 engages a small spur gear 72 on the shaft and operates theV crimping wheels 73 and 74. The wheel 73 is loose on the shaft 7 O and bears against the bracket 69, and the hub on the opposite side forms a clutch engaging with a clutch 75 splined on the shaft 70 and longitudinally heldin contact with the clutch of said wheel by a spring 176 adjustably held in position by a collar 77,0n said shaft. The upper crimping wheel 74 isy adjustable to and'fromthe wheel 73`by means of an inverted lL-shaped lever 78 pivoted near the upper end of lthe bracket 63 and adjustable thereon by means of a bolt 79 passing through a slot 80 in the lower arm thereof, as shown in Fig. 5. An extension 81 or fixture lof thebra`cket`69 holds a guide pipe 82 in alinement with the pass between the crimping wheels through which pipethe wire 83 is fed to thev crimping wheels to form cross-stays'for thel fence. The arrangement of 'the clutch'75 isysuch that the rack 65 will cause the crimping kwheel 73 to vfeed the wire 83 into the machinel at a predetermined time in thel operation thereof, but permit said wheel to remain idle during affreverse operation of said rack;

A rock shaft 84 is journaledin suitable bearings above, and crosswise of the shafts l and 2, and at or near either end is litted with cranks 85 and 86 and an intermediate crank 87, the two latter being; arranged vto oscillate said shaft by the rotation ofthe wheels 3 and H. The crank 87 is fitted with a friction roller 88 at one endthereof, 'and is adapted to bear against a racel on the inner face of the wheel H, the `race 88 being raised above the face ofthe wheel aportion of its distance to cause the crank87 to oscillate in one direction, a pin 90 on thel inner side .of the wheel 3 actuating thecrank 86 to oscillate the rock shaft in a'reverse direction and at predetermined times. The-crank 85 carries a pitman'9l that leads to andis pivoted at its opposite end to a verticallydisposed lever 92 pivoted at its lower end'to a bracket 3l, the latter of which is fitted with spaced steelbearings 93 above the pivotal connection with said lever and on either side of an aperture 94.0f said bracket. The aperture 94 isin alinement with a corresponding aperture, (not shown), inthe frame end A and in alinement with the stay wire 83 fed from .the crimping wheels 73 and 74, and the arrangement of the lever 92 which the stay wire is severed at predetermined -times in the operation of the machine.

Pivoted on a stud 95 extending from `the end frame A, a vertically-disposed rockerlever 96 is journaled. vThis lever above its is such that a pairof shears is formed by pivotal connection with said frame is conits \ stay through the connective parts,I as described, therock-shaft, 30, will raise the crossbar guides` 99, and .nforce said `bar firmlybetween, the twisted strands-of the fence immediately after the twisters have `Figs. and f1. In a normal position the l0 rock shaft, 30,1.is positioned so that the cross bar guides, `99, `restupcn the topsof the twisters, as ,shown in Fig. 3, and the twisters antecedent to4 thrusting a cross bar yb einveen the strands of the, fencing are posi` tioned-so that the strands will stride, said bar or, in other words, the machine is timed .so that the twisters are momentarily idle in this position whena cross bar is being thrust between thestrands, such position being yshown inFigs. 1, 2 and 3. The guides are longitudinally channeled with open` tops, 100, andare bell-shaped toward the crimping wheels aforesaid, for the purpose of more readily receiving and guiding the cross barshoyer the twisters. `By preference the outerend of a bracket to which the cross bar guidelis attached, is formed with av slot 101, extending from the end thereof, and encompasses the wire holes of the twister, as shown inFig. 8. n

u Preparatory to operating, fencing strand wires a, and the cross bar or stay wire 83 are led to the machine from spools located below, the strands passing through tension holders (not shown). Each set forming a `cable is nrst passed upward through a twister' 35, thence up and between the crimping` roll I andk .measuring and crimping roll Land made` fast` to the fence winding reel K,and the cross bar or stay wire S3 is passed through the curved .guide pipe 82 and between the crimping wheels 73 and 7st.

`In operationras the wheel 3 revolves toward the right, they pitman 54 connected therewith through the pin 56 will operate the sway-bar-18 and through the medium of the lever hereinbefore described operate the crimping' and measuring rolls I and J, the fencing reel Kand the rack operating the cross bar crimping wheels 73 and 74. The fencing reel and the measuringy and crimpingrolls are actuated to take upV the fence at a time that the cable twisters 35 are rotated, and this takes place when the pitman 54 is on its upward movement and the intermittent wheel 5 is in motion; this movement carries the pitman 52 and operates the cross head 17' and twister rack 416, said rack alternating the movement of the twisters at each revolution of the intermittent wheel. During the time `the twisters 35 are idle, the rock shaft `Sli is moved bythe crank 87 through the medium of the raised portion `of the raceSS onthe gear H, and through the medium of the crank 85, the pitman 91 and lever 92 r the crimped cross barr is severed from` the wire 83 and` at` they same time forced by the guildesf99 upwardly between the twisted strands of the cables in the manner .hereinbefore set forth.

k a series of cross-bar guides having longitudinally-alined passages funnel-shaped at one end and open at the top, a rock shaft, brackets adjustablymounted on said `shaft supporting said guides, said brackets heilig slotted at their outer ends atlone side of and adjacent tothe passages through said guides, and means to rocksaid` shaft. and its guides, substantially as set forth.

3. In a fence machine, the combination with a Supporting frame, of a bracket carried by said frame, intermeshing crimping wheels journaled `one above the other on said bracket, means to vadjustably regulate onel of. said wheels, a `wire-feeding guidepipe leading between said wheels, and means to intermittently actuate said wheels in one direction todraw awire therebetween.

at.' In a fence machine, in combination, ya series vof twisters, cross-bar guides journaled to rest on said twisters, a pair of shears located in alinement with said cross-bar guides,-means to thrust a cross bar between the blades ofsaid shears-and through said guides between the wires of said twisters, means to reciprocate said twisters, means to actuate said shears and sever said cross bar, and means to actuate said cross-bar guides and `force said cross bar firmly between the twisted strands of said wires antecedent to reciprocating said twisters and subsequent to the closing of said shears.

Ina fence machine, the combination with a series of twisters and means to reciprocate the same, of a rock shaft, brackets adjustablymounted on said shaft and adapted to rest at their free ends on said twisters, cross-bar guides having longitudinallyalined passages funnel-shaped at one end and open at the top carried to one side and at the free end of said brackets, means to thrust a crossbar throughsaid guides and between the wires of said twisters subsequent to the operationof said twisters, and means to rock said shaft, its brackets and guides, and force said cross bar firmly between the twisted strands of said wires antecedent to reciprocating said twisters.

6. In a fence machine, the combination with the frame thereof, of two parallel transverse shafts journaled thereon, the one having a driving gear and a secondary gear 'at opposite ends thereof, the other having an intermittent gear operative by said secondary gear and arranged to run one revolution to each two revolutions of the driving gear, a crank on said intermittent gear, twisters, a rack engaging said twisters, ways, a cross-head in said ways, and a pitman connecting said crank with said cross-head, said crank being adj ustably fitted to said intermittent gear whereby said rack movement may be lengthenedA or shortened, as and for the purposeset forth.

7. In a fence machine, the combination with the frame thereof, of twisters operated therein, a fence-measuring roll and a fencecrirnping roll journaled in said frame above and in alinement with said twisters, a fence reel journaled in said frame to one side of and parallel with said rolls,'means to simultaneously actuate and control said measuring roll, crimping roll and fencing reel, means to prevent the recoil of said measuring roll, meansto compensate for the variation of speed between the driving gear and the fencing reel occasioned from the increase in the bulk offencing wound on said reel, and means to simultaneously actuate said twisters, fence-measuring roll, fence-crimping roll, and fence reel.

-8. In a fence machine, the combination of a series, of twisters having reduced center portions and enlarged bearings, one end thereof comprising a gear with a hub having `an enlarged end provided with oppositely-disposed grooves, the opposite end being reduced, a supporting bar, brackets mounted upon said bar, said twister bearings journaled within said brackets, setscrews in said brackets passing through and engaging said bar to adjustably secure said brackets, thimbles having holes in the end thereof fitted over the reduced end-portion of said twisters and bearing against said brackets, longitudinal holes through said gears, bearings, and reduced end portion of said twisters'in alinement with the holes in said thimbles and the grooves in the enlarged portion of said hubs, for the passageof Wires to-.be twisted.

a, '9i In a fence machine, the combination of a series of twisters having reduced center portions and enlarged bearings, one end thereof comprising a gear with a hub having lan enlarged end provided with oppositelydisposed grooves, the opposite end being reduced, a supporting bar, brackets adjustably mounted. upon said bar, said twister bearings journaled within said brackets, thimbles having holes in the end thereof fitted over the reduced end portion of said twisters, Va

lring fitted between each of said thimbles and said brackets, longitudinal holes through grooves, the opposite end being reduc'ed,.a

supporting bar, brackets slidably adjustable mounted onsaid bar,a rack engaging the gears of said twisters reciprocatively mounted in said brackets, means to. reciprocate said rack, thimbles having holes in one end thereof fitted over the reduced end portion of said twisters and bearing againstsaidv brackets, longitudinal holes through said gears, bearings, and reduced end portion of said twisters in alinement with the holes in said thimbleswand the grooves in the enlarged portion of said hubs for the passage of wires that are to be twisted, substantially as set forth. v

l1.. In a fence machine, the combination with a supporting frame, of brackets carried by said frame, a geared shaft journaled on said` brackets, a rack in engagement with saidgear, a feed and crimping wheel loosely journaledon said shaft, a ratchet longitudinally'splined on said shaft in engagement with a corresponding ratchet on saidv wheel wherebysaid wheel will operate in one direction only, a spring impinging said ratchet on said shaft, means to adjust said spring on said shaft, an arm carrying a secondary feed and crimping wheel in engagement with saidfiirst-mentioned wheel pivoted to said bracket, said arm having a slot, a stud projectingl through said slot from said bracket, a nut run on thethreaded end of said stud wherebyl said arm maybe adjusted to swing said secondary wheel to orY from said first-mentioned wheel, a vwirefeeding guide-pipe leading between said wheels,and means to reciprocate said rack.

12. In a fence machine, the combination with the frame thereof, of a series of lcross-bar guides alined above said twisters,

cross-har feed and crimping wheels ar-` ranged in valinement with said cross-bar guides to feed cross-bar wire to said guides, a rack to actuate said feed and crimping rwlrieels,` z`1, vpitman tov actuate said rack, a rock'lever to actuate said pitman, means Gross stay g vsaid cross bar through said guides.

13. In a fence machine, the combination of twisters, a measuring and a crimping roll arranged in alinement with and above said twisters, a fence reel arranged parallel Vwith said measuring and crimping rolls, cross- `bar guides arranged in alinement with the -tops of said twisters, cross-bar crimping wheels arranged to feed wire into said 'crossbar guides, shearsarranged in the path of said cross-bar wire between said crimping wheels and between said crossbar guides, means to reciprocate said twisters simultaneously with meansto actuate said measuring roll, crimping roll, and fencing reel to draw the fencingfrom said twisters, means to actuate said crimping wheels to thrust a cross bar through the cross-bar lguides subsequent to the operation of said twisters, and means to actuate said shears and sever said cross bar subsequent 'to means for thrusting said cross bar through said crossbar guides, andsimultaneously with means to lift said cross-bar guides and force said cross bar firmly between the twisted strands -of the fence.

la. In a fence machine, the combination with the frame thereof, of two parallel transverse shafts journaled thereon, the one lhaving a driving gear at one end and a sccondar;7 gear at the opposite end, the other having an intermittent gear operative from said secondary gear and arranged to revolve once to two revolutions 'of the secondary gear, a crank on said intermittent gear, twisters, a rack engaging said twisters, ways, a cross head operating in said ways, a pitman connecting said crank with said cross head, ay fencing reel, measuring roll and crimping roll journaled in said frame 'and transverse of said shafts, said measur ing roll and crimping roll beingalined above said twisters, and said fencing reel being arranged parallel with and at one side of said twisters, means to simultaneously actuate said reel and rolls, crimping wheels, a gear on a shaft of one of said wheels arranged to roll said wheels toward said inachine, a vrack engaging said gear, cross-stay guides resting on 'said twisters, shears arranged in the path between saidcrimping wheels the tops of said twisters'and said Hides., a sway hai' vplvoted ations Lilas/aa end beneath and transverse of said `parallel shafts, a crank on said secondary gear, a pitman connecting said 'crank with said 'sway bar, a ratchet on said take-up roll, a lever engaging the shaft of 'said roll, a pawl on said lever engaging said ratchet, a pityman connecting the free end of said sway har with the lever having said pawl, means to reciprocate the rack arranged to operate Vsaid crimping rolls from said secondary mittent gear on` the opposite shaft engagi ing with said secondary gear and arranged to revolve one-half revolution to one complete revolution of the driving gear, a crank on the intermittent gear, ways on said machine, a cross head in said ways, a rack en- Vgaging said cross head, a pitman connecting said crank with said crossk head, wire 'twister-s operated by said rack, a crank on said. sc-rcondarT Oear a swav bar ivoted D 7 u below said parallel shafts and transverse#- thereto, a pitman connecting said sway bar with the crank of the secondary gear, geared measuring and crimping rolls, and a fence winding reel j'ournaled on said frame parallel with said twisters, the two former being alined above said twisters, means to simultaneously a'ctuate said rolls and reel, a ratchet on one of said rolls, a lever jour-y naled on the ratcheted roll, a pawl carried by said lever engaging said ratchet, a connecting rod engaging the lever of said pawl with the outer end of said sway bar, a rock shaft journaled below and transverse of said sway bar, diverging arms on said shaft, a pitman connected at one end to the free end of one arm and at the opposite end to said sway bar, a geared shaft, a rack engaging said gear, a pitman pivoted at one end to said rack and 'at the opposite end to the other of said diver'ging arms, a ratchet longitudinally splined on said geared shaft,

a crimping wheel having a ratchet in engagement with said sphned ratchet but loose upon said shaft, a spring engaging said splined ratchet to hold said ratchets in en gagement, a secondary crimping wheel j ournaled above said ratchet wheel, a cross-bar feed pipe alined between said crimping wheels, a rock shaft, cross-bar guides alined on said shaft and resting upon said twisters f and in alinement with 'said feed pipe,a rock 'shaft transverse of said parallel shafts,

cranlrson saidshaft, means to oscillate said drive-gear' vshaft, a partlof GEORGE A. RAYMOND.

shears opening between the path of said cross-bar feed pipe and said cross-bar guides, a pitman connecting one of said cranks of said last-named rock shaft with a pivoted arm of said shears, and means connected with the pivoted arm of said shears to lift said Cross-bar guides when said shears Witnesses:

GEO. B. WARREN, CHAs. A. LIGHTFOOT.

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